A pediatric patient with recurrent pseudotumor cerebri and vitamin B-12 deficiency

Yetgin S., Derman O., Dogan M.

PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.39-43, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/08880010500313322
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-43
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Pseudotumor cerebri is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure, normal cerebrospinal fluid values, and a normal cerebral ventricles on brain imaging studies. A patient with a diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri was admitted to the authors' hospital twice within a 2.5-year interval and treated with vitamin B-12 (vit-B-12). At the second admission she also presented with a cerebral venous thrombosis that might have been explained by vit-B-12 deficiency, homocysteinemia, and an increased level of lipoprotein-a.